Object to lay-about from the country (5)
I believe the answer is:
italy
'the country' is the definition.
(Italy is an example)
'object to lay-about' is the wordplay.
'object' becomes 'it' (pronoun for an inanimate object).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'lay' with letters rearranged gives 'aly'.
'it'+'aly'='ITALY'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for italy that I've seen before include "Land for strange laity" , "Mediterranean country" , "Problematical (informal)" , "Mediterranean nation" , "Catholic country" .)